Black Crafters Guild
Sales Tips and Strategies
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Pricing
It does affect the sale, so how to price without costing yourself anything? What an item's worth is what the market will bear, imo, as opposed to what it should be sold for. What think?Btw, when I got home after buying something a week ago, the sticker on it showed a lower price than what I'd paid.…
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Online marketing
Discussion for those w/ a webstore
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Retail
How have you found retailers to buy and sell your goods?When you can't visit the store, how do you know if it's legitimate? Also, what do you say in your request? Should I provide a bio then a sales pitch, etc., or should I make it short and sweet? I know how to approach Canadian ones, but US…
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Agents, home craft parties
DC and Baltimore consulting group that sells art. http://www.authenticartonline.com/ "Obtainable Art [program] where [they] sell original art from local (DC/MD/VA) emerging artists at prices up to $500. A portion of the price of the artwork will be…
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Attractive and Sticky Booth
How do you attract ppl to your booth? And, how do you make it sticky? I noticed at the Hope for Justine event that booths looked great. Sindiswa's in particularly had beautiful cloth that went very well with her items. It was detailed cloth but not garish or w/ flashy colours and so didn't take…
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Anticipating Customers
Following up to ~RE's post: I've noticed that the words we use matter more than they should, so I've always preferred to say "handcrafted" to "handmade". I think perhaps that's because "craft" is indicative of skill and creativity. Also, I prefer so say "artisan" or "artist" -- depending on the…
